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Latest Issue
Computer Music 128, August issue on sale now! Our huge Drum 'n' Bass Masterclass features Sub Focus, Clipz, TC, Chase & Status and DJ Hazard, and nearly two hours of video footage. There's also our great new ROMpler plug-in, CMplay; 2141 DnB samples; a...
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Rousing start to Rothbury music fest as folks settle in
Rousing start to Rothbury music fest as folks settle in
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Antietam Women's Ensemble wows crowd with concert
So much of the impact of the small, Antietam Women's Ensemble concerts held at the Holy Trinity Lutheran Church in Sharpsburg is the intimate interactions between musicians and audiences.
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Music Media: Straight Line Stitch, Soulfly, Johnny Cash, Shinedown, Dream Theater, Cephalic Carnage, Black Sabbath
Do you like music? Check here! The journey into music videos has moved from standard time into the Holiday zone. This is purely due to the weekend and has no bearing on its content.This week continues my compiling of videos and various musical related tid-bits for your viewing pleasure. Some will be brand spanking new, while others will just be things that I like. I am not great...
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Weekend calendar
Mile-long yard sale; Fireworks and music at Fairgrounds Park; Fireworks in the Park in Byron Memorial Park; A Day at the Park in Memorial Park; 2008 Fourth of July in War Memorial Park; Waynesboro Summer Jubilee; Shepherdstown Independence Day parade and picnic; Salute to Independence; Art in the Park; Hagerstown Municipal Band; Independence Day Celebration
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Priestley says music industry 'a mess' but works
NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) -- Jason Priestley says he got a crash course on the Nashville music industry while directing a reality series about the Canadia ...
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Wireless Day 1
Subtitle Get the gossip from the first day of the festival including who Wiley played with... Related Video 02 wireless festival, wireless festival Subject Matter jay z Short body (mobile/iTV - 320 chars or so, no HTML or internal links) Body --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- MTV Wiley Exclusive! MTV ...
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CD Review: Samantha Crain 'The Confiscation'
Folk Samantha Crain "The Confiscation” (Ramseur Records) Singer-songwriter Samantha Crain, 21, of Shawnee demonstrates writing and vocal skills beyond her years on her "musical novella” "The Confiscation.” The EP gets a national release July 22 on indie label Ramseur Records. Crain aptly describes her style as "distinctly Oklahoman.” The influences of The Flaming Lips, Woody Guthrie and the ...
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Musicians hall announces its new inductees
NASHVILLE, Tenn. — Booker T. and the MGs, the Memphis Horns and the Muscle Shoals Rhythm Section will become the newest members of the Musicians Hall of Fame. Musician and producer Al Kooper, producer Billy Sherrill and Buddy Holly's band The Crickets also will be inducted this year. Rock guitarist Peter Frampton and country music great George Jones announced the selections Tuesday. Booker T. ...
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Jesse McCartney shows adult side on 'Departure'
NEW YORK — When you grow up as a child actor and become a teen heartthrob as a singer, it can be hard to get people to stop looking at you as a kid, even when your driver's license proves otherwise. But Jesse McCartney may have solved this dilemma with the release of his latest album, "Departure.” First off, he's now making sexy R&B music a la Justin Timberlake, a change in direction for the ...
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Statler Brothers, Hall inducted in Hall of Fame
NASHVILLE, Tenn. — Tom T. Hall and the Statler Brothers were formally inducted into the Country Music Hall of Fame with a musical tribute. Spokeswoman Tina Wright says the two-hour ceremony was held Sunday at the hall. This year's two other inductees — Emmylou Harris and Ernest "Pop” Stoneman — were formally inducted in April. Bobby Bare, Heather Berry & Tony Mabe and Michelle Nixon saluted ...
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Estelle dishes about past loves on her new disc
NEW YORK — Never underestimate the creativity of a rapper-singer scorned. The British artist Estelle, who recently introduced herself to American audiences with the buzz-heavy single "American Boy” featuring Kanye West, credits four years of crazy men and another four years in a rocky relationship as the catalyst behind her U.S. debut disc, "Shine.” The album "was kick-started by me dumping my ...
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Jessica Simpson goes country with single
NASHVILLE, Tenn. — When Jessica Simpson announced plans to go country after her last pop album flopped, there was a collective eye roll in Nashville. To some skeptics, it appeared to be a calculated move to follow in the footsteps of other pop stars who have found success by crossing over to country radio. After lackluster album sales, acting disappointments and bad press over her high-profile ...
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'Love's All Around' for Sheila E's family
MINNEAPOLIS — Sheila E was coming to Minnesota for a wedding recently so she decided to bring her family band along — not to play at her godson's reception but to do a rare club engagement. "We are gigging a lot lately,” Sheila said of the E Family that features her father, Latin jazz legend Pete Escovedo, 72, and her two brothers, Juan and Peter Michael. "It's almost like coming into our living ...
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Musician Stevie Wonder in harmony with times
NEW YORK — Stevie Wonder is fidgeting with his camera phone, embarrassed because he can't get it to work right. But wait, it's not what you think. Wonder is trying to show a reporter how the device helps him "see” written documents; moments later, the blind superstar reveals how the camera takes photos of text, converts it to audio and reads the words aloud, and instantly has wowed his audience ...
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Rock savant turns building into a musical statement
NEW YORK — "OK, how about ‘Livin' on a Prayer'?” the young man asked his friend as they sat down at the beat-up organ to play a duet. The sounds that filled the cavernous hall in lower Manhattan bore precisely zero resemblance to the Bon Jovi rock anthem. That was not because the two men didn't appear to know the music. It was because every time they pressed a key, a whistling or pinging or ...
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Entertainment Events in the Week Ahead
July 4 Concerts Summer Concert Series, RiverWalk Crossing Amphitheater, 300 Riverwalk Terrace, (918) 296-7121. (Jenks) Honky Tonk Tailgate Party with Mark Wills, Buddy Jewell, Ray Scott and Trent Willmon , 7 p.m., Riverwind Casino, 1544 W State Highway 9, 322-6000. (Norman) Live music Grand House China Bistro, 2701 Classen Blvd., Larry Pierce and the Grand House Trio, 524-7333. Java ...
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Rocklahoma photos featured in new book
A photographic record of the inaugural Rocklahoma music festival is available in the form of a 130-page coffee-table book called "Rocklahoma 2007.” The volume contains full-color photos of all 38 bands that performed at the four-day event held in July 2007 at the Catch the Fever Festival Grounds north of Pryor. With text by Creative Entertainment Unlimited President Brad White, CEU Inc. Vice ...
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The Arrival
This is a silent graphic novel telling the story of every migrant, refugee or displaced person in a surrealistic style. Beautifully illustrated. Reviewer: RosemaryHam Review date: July 1, 2008 Rating: Description: This book without words gives you an imaginative insight into what it feels like to arrive in an alien country.
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DVD Review: 'The Red Violin'
"The Red Violin” Ten years after its original theatrical release, the French-Canadian/Italian drama "The Red Violin” has been remastered and reissued on DVD. The engrossing if uneven epic follows the three-century journey of Italian violin maker Nicolo Bussotti's (Carlo Cecchi) final and flawless masterpiece. With his wife, Anna (Irene Grazioli), expecting their child, Bussotti crafts the ...
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LOOK: The Month Ahead
1 2 When Jim Gaffigan tackles a topic, he analyzes every element until he gets to its comic essence — hence, the brilliance of his "Hot Pockets” routine. See Gaffigan perform at 7 p.m. July 12 at Rose State College Performing Arts Theater in Midwest City. For more information, call 297-2264. 1 7 Last year, Foo Fighters released their sixth studio disc, "Echoes, Silence, Patience and Grace” ...
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Rocklahoma fest draws top bands
When Kip Winger looked out over the 30,000 faces that greeted him at sunset, he quoted a movie line that was perfect for the occasion. "‘If you build it, they will come' — and rock! ” Indeed, faithful followers of '80s hair metal and glam rock came from across the country and around the world last year, and found a nostalgic field of dreams on a 400-acre patch of ground north of Pryor, the ...
The Oklahoman |
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Cities offer Independence Day events for family entertainment
Music, bright lights, loud cheering and the candles that are being lit are Roman ones — it must be the nation's birthday. Oklahoma City will have a blast on the Fourth of July, and communities throughout the area will light up the sky in celebration. Leading the events this year is the "Red, White & Boom on the River” celebration, which geared up yesterday and continues today. Now in its ...
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Oasis honoured at Clef music awards
Oasis, Bryan Adams, Estelle and Amy Macdonald have been honoured at a music awards ceremony.
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Photos of the Day - 04/07/2008
Agyness Deyn seems to have fallen for rocker Albert Hammond Jr. The pair got cosy over lunch in New York, confirming rumours that they are indeed a couple.
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